Word: roosevelt
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...starting this week, she will be spending her evenings curled up on a sofa in a Manhattan TV studio, making wisecracks about the single life in New York City. Typical bit: Rachel charts the differences between a guy she dated named David Sims and former President Franklin D. Roosevelt. "Has fancy cigarette holder. F.D.R.: yes. Sims: no. Tried to pack the Supreme Court. F.D.R.: yes. Sims: no. Talks nonstop about himself. F.D.R.: no. Sims...
...State Sen. Michael J. Barrett '70 (D-Cambridge), who co-sponsored the gay rights bill with Rep. Mark Roosevelt (D-Boston...
...This is a victory not only for human rights but also for spirited debate and internal democracy in the legislature," said Sen. Michael J. Barrett '70 (D--Cambridge), who co--sponsored this year's bill with Rep. Mark Roosevelt (D--Boston...
...American, British and Soviet leaders met at Yalta at a time when the Red Army had liberated most of Eastern Europe from Hitler's troops and were poised to take Berlin. Although the ailing Roosevelt knew that the U.S. could soon assault Japan with the first atom bomb, his top military advisers doubted that its use would be immediately decisive. An American priority at Yalta was to ensure Japan's quick defeat by persuading Stalin to join the Far East conflict once Germany surrendered...
...rather than trying to rein in Stalin and his rampaging Red Army, Roosevelt and Churchill made what they considered minor concessions. They did not insist that Soviet military forces be withdrawn from Eastern Europe. Instead they settled for a vague commitment by the three powers to promote democratic governments and free elections in each of the liberated but Soviet- occupied nations...